Siphon



(No Model.)

H. S. LATHE 8a A. L. GROSS.

Siphon.

No. 241,551. Patented May 17,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM S. LATHE AND ALONZO L. GROSS, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SIPHON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No: 241,551, dated May 17,1881.

Application filed November 4, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HIRAM S. LATHE and ALONZO L. GRoss, both citizensof the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and Stateof Massachusetts, have jointly invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Siphons; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in siphons; and it isparticularly adapted for the purpose of drawing wines and liquors frombarrels or other receptacles and to deliver such liquors into bottles,although the invention is equally useful for the purpose of drawingother kinds of liquids.

The invention is carried out as follows, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a longitudinalsection of our improved siphon, and Fig. 2 represents an end view of thesuction-nozzle and its valve.

Similar letters refer to similarparts wherever they occur on thedifferent parts of the drawings.

a is the suction-nozzle, within which is located the partial valve 1),which is provided with a number of notches, b b 1), around itscircumference, as shown, and said partial valve is made of such asuitable material that it is of nearly the same specific gravity as theliquid that is drawn.

I) is a stop-wire within the nozzle a, to pre' vent the partial valve I)from rising out of the said nozzle.

c is the flexible suction-pipe, that is connected in its lower end tothe suction-nozzle a, as shown.

e is the flexible delivery-pipe, with its delivcry-nozzle c, and d is aflexiblebulb interposed between and connecting the suction and deliverypipes c and c, as shown.

The operation is as follows: After the suction-nozzle a has beensubmerged in the liquid the bulb d is squeezed together by the operatorand the delivery-pipe e compressed between the fingers and held so,allowing the bulb d to expand and to draw the liquid up through thenozzle to and pipe 0, and when the bulb d is fully expanded the pressureby the fingers on the delivery-pipe c is released, and the bulb d isagain squeezed, thepipe e compressed, and the bulb (I allowed to expanduntil the liquid is drawn through the whole of the pipe 0, bulb d, andpipe 6, when it will continue to flow out in a continuous stream throughthe nozzle 0, if the latter is kept below the suction-nozzle a. Bymaking the partial valve 1) with a number of notches, b 11, around itscircumference, as described, the siphon can easily be emptied of itscontents, when the desired amount of liquid has been drawn, simply byraising the deliverypipe 6 above the end of the suction-nozzle a, whenthe liquid will run automatically out through the latter and through thenotches b I) b on the partial valve 1). By this arrangement we produce asimple and durable siphon for drawing liquids which is only providedwith one single partial valve, and in which a flexible bulb is employedfor obtaining the necessary suction-power to start the flow of theliquid.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation ofour invention, we wish to secure by Letters Patent, and clairn Theherein-described siphon, consisting of the suction-nozzle a, its partialnotched valve 1) b b I), suction-pipe c, flexible bulb d, and theflexible delivery-pipe c c, all combined and arranged substantially in amanner and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have affixed our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

HIRAM S. LATHE. ALONZO L. GROSS.

Witnesses ALBAN ANioRiiN, HENRY OHADBOURN.

